| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew James Hill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1935[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Carrick Rangers | |||
| 1953–1957 | Linfield | ||
| 1957–1959 | Newcastle United | 11 | (2) |
| 1959–1963 | Norwich City | 161 | (55) |
| 1963–1965 | Everton | 7 | (1) |
| 1965–1968 | Port Vale | 63 | (8) |
| 1968–1971 | Derry City | ||
| Total | 242+ | (66+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1953 | Northern Ireland Amateurs | 1 | (0) |
| 1956–1958 | Irish League | 6 | (0) |
| 1957–1960 | Northern Ireland B | 2 | (0) |
| 1959–1963 | Northern Ireland | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1968–1971 | Derry City | ||
| 1971–1972 | Linfield | ||
| 1988–1991 | Carrick Rangers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Matthew James Hill (born 31 October 1935) is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager. A winger, he scored 66 goals in 242 league appearances in an 11-year career in the Football League. He also won seven caps for Northern Ireland.
He played for Carrick Rangers and then Linfield, winning three Irish League titles before joining English club Newcastle United in 1957. Two years later, he moved on to Norwich City and helped the "Canaries" to win promotion out of the Third Division in 1959–60 and then to lift the League Cup in 1962. He was transferred to Everton for a £25,000 fee in 1963 but struggled with injury before being moved on to Port Vale for a £5,000 fee in October 1965. He left the club in January 1968 to become player-manager at Derry City. As a manager, he led Derry to second in the league in 1968–69 and to the 1971 Irish Cup final. He then managed Linfield for one season before embarking on a 16-year break from the game in 1972. He returned to manage Carrick Rangers from November 1988 to February 1991.